New
Delhi: Ahead of the festival season, the government is likely to give
an ad-hoc bonus of up to Rs 3,500 to Group C central government
employees and personnel of the armed and para military forces.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
The
government may sanction grant of non-productivity linked bonus (ad-hoc
bonus) equivalent to 30 days emoluments for the accounting year 2015-16
to the central government employees (Group C) and the notification in
this regad will be issued next week, a senior official of Finance
Ministry said.
“Since
the election code of conduct for Bihar Assembly polls is in force, but
announcement of bonus a routine administrative matter for which
permission of the Election Commission not required to go ahead with,” he
added.
“The
limit for bonus is Rs 3,500,and the bonus will also be given to all
non-gazetted employees in Group B, who are not covered by any
productivity- linked bonus scheme,” he also told us.
The payment will also be admissible to the central Police and para-military personnel and personnel of armed forces.
Employees
of the Union Territory Administration, which follows the central
government pattern of emoluments and not covered by any other bonus or
ex-gratia scheme would also be eligible for this ad-hoc bonus.
The
expenditure incurred on this account will be debitable to the
respective heads to which the pay and allowances of these employees are
debited, the Finance Ministry official said.
Regards,
E.R.Iyer
